शम्भल m. m. (also written
सम्भल)
N. of a town (situated between the
रथप्रा and Ganges, and identified by some with
Sambhal in
Moradābād; the town or district of
शम्भल is fabled to be the place where
कल्कि, the last incarnation of
विष्णु, is to appear in the family of a
Brāhman named
विष्णु-यशस्),
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] ;
[Pur.]